A survey on open queueing network models applied to discrete manufacturing systems: Part II

This paper presents the second (and last) part of the present survey on open queueing network models applied to discrete manufacturing systems. The authors focus on design and planning for job-shops. In the first part they reviewed exact and approximate decomposition methods for performance evaluation models for single and multiple product class systems. The second part reviews optimization models of three categories of problems: the first minimizes capital investment subject to attaining a performance measure (WIP or leadtime), the second seeks to optimize the performance measure subject to resource constraints, and the third explores recent research developments in complexity reduction through shop redesign and product partitioning.